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2017 Oscar Winners Live-Blog: The 89th Academy Awards Results

All that planning and campaigning and prognosticating, all that prayer and sweat and blood — they’ve all been leading up to this. Tonight, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents the 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. As usual, there are plenty of smug know-it-alls out there who think they know exactly how this is all going to shake out; as always, you can count on there being a few surprises thrown into the mix.

We’ll be updating live as the results are announced, so follow along with our 2017 Oscar winners live-blog below.

Commentary: Ali’s been the frontrunner all through awards season, so his win here hardly comes as a surprise. Still, it’s well deserved — and a rare instance of the Academy awarding a performance that isn’t especially showy.

AlliedFantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemFlorence Floster JenkinsJackieLa La Land

Documentary Feature

Fire at SeaI Am Not Your NegroLife, AnimatedO.J.: Made in America13th

9:24 PM: As my colleague Jacob Hall just pointed out to me, we are one hour into this and we’ve only given out three awards.

9:25 PM: And yet, a break to hand out candy to these poor underfed celebrities. Move it along, Jimmy!

Sound Editing

ArrivalDeepwater HorizonHacksaw RidgeLa La LandSully

Sound Mixing

ArrivalHacksaw RidgeLa La LandRogue One: A Star Wars Story13 Hours

Commentary: Surprisingly, that makes three awards so far that La La Land was up for but did not win. But fret not — they’ve still got a really strong shot in the 11 other categories they’re nominated for.

Commentary: Going into tonight, the only thing surer than Ali’s Best Supporting Actor win for Moonlight might’ve been Davis’ Best Supporting Actress win for Fences. No big shock here. But goodness, what a well-deserved win. I’m still not entirely sold on the notion that this was a “supporting” role instead of a “lead” one (and were she in the lead category, I’d still be rooting hard for her), but it’s tough to deny the power of her performance.

Foreign Language Film

Land of MineA Man Called OveThe SalesmanTannaToni Erdmann

Animated Short Film

Blind VayshaBorrowed TimePear Cider and CigarettesPearlPiper

Commentary: Pixar gets nominated all the time, but this is their first actual win in the category since 2001 (For the Birds).

Animated Feature Film

Kubo and the Two StringsMoanaMy Life as a ZucchiniThe Red TurtleZootopia

Commentary: This was always going to be a toss-up between Zootopia and Moana. The latter might be a slightly better movie, but the former feels more relevant right now.

Production Design

ArrivalFantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemHail, Caeasar!La La LandPassengers

Commentary: La La Land‘s first win (of many, I’m sure).

Best Visual Effects

Deepwater HorizonDoctor StrangeThe Jungle BookKubo and the Two StringsRogue One: A Star Wars Story

Film Editing

ArrivalHacksaw RidgeHell or High WaterLa La LandMoonlight

Commentary: I don’t think anyone expected this. And while “Best Film Editing” might not sound like the sexiest category, it’s widely considered an indicator of how Best Picture will go. Could Hacksaw Ridge pull a stunning upset and win the night? I’m not saying it’s likely to happen… but it suddenly seems a lot more plausible than it did a few minutes ago.

Documentary Short Subject

Extremis4.1 MilesJoe's ViolinWatani: My HomelandThe White Helmets

Live Action Short Film

Ennemis InterieursLa Femme et le TGVSilent NightsSingTimecode

Cinematography

ArrivalLa La LandLionMoonlightSilence

11:02 PM: I’m starting to feel like Jimmy Kimmel never wants this show to end.

Commentary: The question in this category wasn’t whether La La Land would win, but which La La Land song would win. Sadly, this means Lin-Manuel Miranda remains one O short of an EGOT.

Original Screenplay

Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water Damien Chazelle, La La Land Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou, The LobsterKenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea Mike Mills, 20th Century Women

Commentary: I’m thrilled about this one. Manchester started the awards season looking like a frontrunner before dropping back into the middle of the pack, but Kenneth Lonergan absolutely deserves recognition for his incredible work here.

Commentary: Casey Affleck seemed to lose momentum in recent weeks (perhaps in part to those sexual abuse allegations), and many predicted Denzel Washington would take this one. But Affleck managed to pull ahead when it counted most.

Commentary: It’s almost funny to remember that Ruth Negga and Isabelle Huppert looked like frontrunners back in December — since January, Best Actress has been Emma Stone’s to lose. She didn’t lose.

12:02 AM: OK, just one more category! Let’s do this.

Best Picture

ArrivalFencesHacksaw RidgeHell or High WaterHidden FiguresLa La LandLionManchester by the SeaMoonlight

Commentary: It’s surprising enough that Moonlight beat out La La Land for Best Picture, but Moonlight getting announced as Best Picture only after La La Land was incorrectly announced as the winner is the craziest thing I have ever seen at an Oscars ceremony. We will be talking about this moment for decades to come.

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